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Fauré

American  
[foh-rey] / foʊˈreɪ /

noun

  1. Gabriel Urbain 1845–1924, French composer.


Fauré British  
/ fore, ˈfɔːreɪ /

noun

  1. Gabriel ( Urbain ) (ɡabriɛl). 1845–1924, French composer and teacher, noted particularly for his song settings of French poems, esp those of Verlaine, his piano music, and his Messe de Requiem (1887)

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With Malcolm Martineau at the keyboard, Graham weaves songs by Grieg, Strauss, Fauré, Mahler and many more composers through the eight songs of Schumann’s “Frauenliebe und -leben.”

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2020

Fauré Quartett The German piano quartet is joined by guest bassist Luis Primera for a program that includes pieces by Schubert, Vaughan Williams and Frank Bridge.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2019

The writer, who never publicly acknowledged his homosexuality, and Venezuelan-born Hahn, a musical child prodigy, shared a love of painting, literature and the French composer Fauré.

From The Guardian • May 22, 2018

Grimaud played for an hour, a selection of water-themed works by Ravel, Fauré, Liszt, Debussy, and others.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 27, 2016

It reckoned among its pupils some noted composers, conductors, organists, and historians; among others, M. Gabriel Fauré, M. André Messager, M. Eugène Gigout, and M. Henry Expert.

From Musicians of To-Day by Blaiklock, Mary